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\n\"Beyond\n\n
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\nAlabama Department of Archives and History\n
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\nBeyond Birmingham, Summer 1963\n

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\nThe assassination of Medgar Evers. The integration of the University of Alabama. The March on Washington. The \"I Have a Dream\" speech. Created by the Alabama History Education Initiative, this resource examines how the events...\n
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\nTruman Capote- Mini Biography\n

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\nTruman Capote, originator of the true-crime novel, is the subject of a short mini-biography, an overview of his cultural impact and his most famous works.\n
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\n\"Music\n\n
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\nMusic of the Civil Rights Era, 1954-1968\n

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\nStudents experience the aesthetics of music and learn about freedom songs that motivated the Civil Rights activists. In this music history lesson, students learn how music can motivate and move listeners. Students then describe how...\n
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\nSummer Reading Activities\n

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\nProvide parents with the tools they need to bridge the summer learning gap with this collection of fun activities. Whether it's creating an alphabet poster with illustrations for each letter, playing a game of sight word concentration,...\n
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\nThe Help\n

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\nKathryn Stockett's The Help opened up a rich, vivid world of strong female characters and stark societal injustices. As high schoolers read the novel, they complete a crossword puzzle that includes clues from all chapters of the book.\n
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\nLearning to give: freedom songs\n

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\nLearners learn freedom songs and discuss how the famous leaders of the Civil Rights Movement used them to motivate people to overcome adversity during this time. In this freedom songs lesson, students learn the songs and discuss their...\n
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\nModern Advocates for Change\n

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\nLearners make a list of \"modern day prophets\" and explain how they have made considerable contributions toward the common good. They write a letter to a community leader in which they advocate the solution to a problem or issue in their...\n
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\nAfrican-American Civil Rights in the U.S.\n

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\nIn this African American history learning exercise, students respond to 39 identification questions that require them to define or list the significance behind 39 events and people associated with the American Civil Rights Movement.\n
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\nIntroduction to Music of the Civil Rights Era\n

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\nStudents summarize the major events of the Civil Rights Movement. They examine leaders such as Martin Luther King, Jr. and Malcolm X and what they did for the movement. They also listen to music from the Civil Rights Era and their...\n
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\nThe Struggle For The Right To Vote\n

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\nStudents identify historical figures who helped lead others in the voting rights movement, and research historical struggles for voting rights. They develop plans to involve young voters in the election process.\n
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\nMusic Motivates\n

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\nLearners listen to songs from the Civil Rights movement. They explain how the music might have inspired African-Americans to be activists in the movement. They examine how the Civil Rights movement affected the common good.\n
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\nUniversity of Mississippi: Mississippi Writers Page: Medgar Evers (1925 1963)\n

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\nThe Mississippi Writers Page provides a biography of Medgar Evers from college to death. Links to related sites available.\n
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\nNaacp History: Medgar Evers\n

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\nA good biography of civil rights activist Medgar Evers, who was murdered for his attempts to integrate institutions in Jackson, Mississippi.\n
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\nSmithsonian Source: Portrait of Medgar Evers\n

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\nA thoughtful video explores a picture of Evers that is a possible foreshadowing of his death.\n
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\nBlack Past: Evers, Medgar\n

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\nThis brief encyclopedia entry gives an account of Medgar Evers' life, including his importance as a civil rights leader and martyr. There is a link to a website to gain more information.\n
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\nNbc Learn: Finishing the Dream: 1963: Fury\n

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\nA collection of archival video clips covering the racial unrest and violence in Birmingham, Alabama in 1963, including the church bombing where four young black girls were killed. Also includes clips on the murder of NAACP leader Medgar...\n
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\nMedgar Evers\n

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\nThe Mississippi Writers Page provides a biography of Medgar Evers from college to death. Links to related sites available.\n
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\nKhan Academy: Us History: 1945 1980: African American Veterans and Civil Rights\n

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\nLearn about Dorie Miller, Amzie Moore, Medgar Evers and other African American veterans who played a role in the Civil Rights Movement.\n
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\nEncyclopedia Britannica: Myrlie Evers Williams\n

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\nThis entry from Encyclopedia Britannica features Myrlie Evers-Williams, an African American activist and the wife of civil rights leader Medgar Evers, whose racially motivated murder in 1963 made him a national icon. In 1995-98...\n
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\nNew York Public Library: Africana Age: The Civil Rights Movement\n

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\nThis is an extensive review of the Civil Rights movement from the 1940s to the 1960s. Read about the ways African Americans protested discrimination in employment and education over several years. Be sure to click on the images to find...\n
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\nDigital History: Discrimination in Public Accommodations [Pdf]\n

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\nSegregation and Jim Crow laws codified a color line in the United States. African-Americans began pushing back against segregation in the 1950s and 1960s. Read about the non-violent actions taken and how these actions resulted in the...\n
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\nNational Park Service: Names, Names, Names [Pdf]\n

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\nA lesson plan for K-1 about important people in the Civil Rights movement. Requires Adobe Reader.\n
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\nCivil Rights Movement 1955 1965: Mississippi & Freedom Summer\n

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\nTake a look at Mississippi in the early 1960s to understand why the focus of African American voter registration targeted that state. Read about the organization and implementation of the Mississippi Summer Project in 1964. See also the...\n
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\nRead about the legal gains made by the civil rights movement, including the Civil Rights Act of 1964, juxtaposed against the real-life actions meant to deny African Americans their right to racial equality not just legally, but...\n
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